[arch-general] Pacman: Remove unneded dependencies

[Phil Wyett]

On Tue, 2017-01-24 at 15:10 +0100, L. Rose wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I know, this is probably a very common question, but I couldn't find
> any
> information on the pacman wiki article about that, so I have to ask.
> How
> can I uninstall all packages on my system, which have been installed
> as
> a dependency, and aren't needed any longer? (Because I've uninstalled
> the dependent package or because the dependent package no longer
> depends
> on that dependency)
> 
> I've read about pacman -Qe, but this lists packages I've explicitly
> installed and don't want to remove. And please, don't just point to
> the
> wiki article, I've checked that already.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Lukas
> 

Orphans.

pacman -Rns $(pacman -Qtdq)

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman/Tips_and_tricks#Removing_un
used_packages_.28orphans.29

Regards

Phil

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